And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
The 1611 reading
And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and clothe them with coats.
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To put garments upon or provide clothing. Sense 2: Figuratively, to cover, invest, or surround with the condition or quality named.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Exodus 40:14
Complete exact-word concordance
And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and clothe them with coats.
¶ So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
¶ So Esthers maides and her chamberlaines came, and told it her: then was the Queene exceedingly grieued, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away the sackcloth from him: but he receiued it not.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Eunuches.
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
I will also clothe her priests with saluation: and her Saints shall shout aloud for ioy.
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but vpon himselfe shall his crowne flourish.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I wil commit thy gouernment into his hand, and he shalbe a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah.
¶ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
¶ Lift vp thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth.
1611 marginal noteChap. 60.4.
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
I clothe the heauens with blackenesse, and I make sackcloth their couering.
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
Then all the Princes of the sea shall come downe from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidred garments: they shall cloth themselues with trembling, they shall sit vpon the ground, and shall tremble at euery moment, and be astonished at thee.
1611 marginal noteHebr. tremblings.
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
Yee eate the fat, and ye clothe you with the wooll, yee kill them that are fed: but ye feede not the flocke.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To put garments on; to provide with clothing; figuratively, to cover or invest with a quality or condition.